DNR: Southern zone duck season opens Saturday

10:35 AM,
Sep. 25, 2013

Written by

the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Hunters looking forward to the opening of Wisconsin's 2013 duck season in the Southern zone on Sept. 28 should find good numbers of ducks, according to Department of Natural Resources officials.

"Although a few areas have been seeing lowering water levels, Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should have a good season," said Kent Van Horn, DNR migratory game bird ecologist. "Continental breeding surveys that have been ongoing for 58 years reported near record numbers of ducks this spring. However, even with excellent continental breeding indications, local water levels and scouting will be ...